AP monthly photo contest

Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.

The winners for the June 2022 AP Photo Contest are Manish Swarup for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of policemen detaining activists from right wing Hindu parties protesting against the killing of Kanhaiya Lal in New Delhi, India.

Anupam Nath for News Photography Story, for his coverage of flooding in India.

Matias Delacroix for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a boy preparing to jump into a ditch that drains water from an abandoned highway tunnel in Caracas, Venezuela.

Oded Balilty for Feature Photography Story, for his series of images documenting the 20-year-old Israeli separation barrier with Palestine.

Ashley Landis for Sports Photography Single Image, for her photo of Los Angeles FC forward Latif Blessing as he jumps over New York Red Bulls midfielder Lewis Morgan to head the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Los Angeles.

Julio Cortez for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of the the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Jenny Kane and Carolyn Kaster are featured below.

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News Photography Single Image | Manish Swarup

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India Killing

Policemen detain activists from right wing Hindu parties protesting against the Tuesday killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a Hindu man in a suspected religious attack in western Udaipur city in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Police arrested two Muslim men accused of slitting a Hindu tailor’s throat and posting a video of it on social media, representing a dramatic escalation of communal violence in a country split by deep religious polarization. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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News Photography Story | Anupam Nath

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South Asia Floods

People wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

Municipal workers distribute food and water to flood affected people after continuous rainfall in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

A man holds a candle and prepares to eat a meal inside his house inundated by floodwaters after continuous rainfall in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Nearly a quarter-million people are now living in emergency relief camps in Assam, and many others have constructed their own temporary shelters and cobbled together basic rafts to escape areas cut off by the floods. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

An Indian army soldier rescues a flood-affected child from Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20, 2022. Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

A woman holds a child and crosses a road broken by floodwaters in Korora village, west of Gauhati, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

Villagers carry a calf on a banana raft over floodwaters and move to a safer place in Korora village, west of Gauhati, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

A flood-affected woman sits in a temporary shelter on a safer ground after leaving fr flooded Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20, 2022. Nearly a quarter-million people are now living in emergency relief camps in Assam, and many others have constructed their own temporary shelters and cobbled together basic rafts to escape areas cut off by the floods. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel rescue flood-affected villagers in Korora village, west of Gauhati, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

A rickshaw driver ferries a passenger past a flooded street after continuous rainfall in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. With rising global temperatures due to climate change, experts say the monsoon is becoming more variable, meaning that much of the rain that would typically fall in a season is arriving in a shorter period of time. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel rescue flood-affected villagers in Korora village, west of Gauhati, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

A cow takes shelter at a higher ground near flooded Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20, 2022. Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

South Asia Floods

A man carries a boy on his back as he wades through flood waters in Pobitora in Morigaon district, east Gauhati, Assam state, India, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Erratic and early rains had triggered unprecedented floods in the region. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Feature Photography Single Image | Matias Delacroix

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Venezuela Daily Life

A boy prepares to jump into a ditch that drains water from an abandoned highway tunnel in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Feature Photography Story | Oded Balilty

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Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Palestinians walk by a section of the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Abu Dis in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Jewish settlers who live in the Rachel's Tomb compound enjoy their playground located next to a section of Israel's concrete barrier, separating them from the West Bank city of Bethlehem in the background, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Kufr Aqab, a Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem located on the West Bank side of Israel's separation barrier, is seen through a broken window of the city's shuttered Atarot airport, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Palestinian students wait for transportation next to a section of Israel's concrete barrier separating between Jerusalem and the West Bank village of A-Ram, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Ultra Orthodox Jews peek through a small gap in the concrete separation barrier built by Israel to secure the Rachel's Tomb Judaism's third holiest shrine, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, March 3, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

The West Bank city of Bethlehem behind a section of Israel's separation barrier is seen from Jerusalem, Friday, March 4, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

A vendor sells goods to Palestinian laborers as they cross from Israel back to the West Bank at the end of working day, next to a section of Israel's separation barrier in Meitar crossing in the West Bank, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Palestinians cross into Israel from the West Bank through an opening in the Israeli separation barrier between the West Bank town of Qalqilya and the Israeli Kibbutz Eyal Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Ultra Orthodox Jews wait for transportation next to the concrete separation barrier built by Israel to secure the Rachel's Tomb Judaism's third holiest shrine, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, March 4, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Bushes grow over an abandoned car next to section of the Israeli separation barrier in the northern Israeli Arab town of Baka Al-Gharbiye, separated from its neighbouring West Bank village of Nazlat Issa, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Goats graze in east Jerusalem, backdrop by a section of Israel's separation barrier surrounding Shuafat refugee camp, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Separation Barrier Photo Gallery

Stones, a tire and other objects are caught on top of Israel's eight-meter-tall separation barrier after they were thrown by Palestinians toward Israeli security forces who were patrolling on the other side of wall, between Jerusalem and the West Bank village of A-Ram, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Twenty years after Israel decided to built its controversial separation barrier amid a wave of Palestinian attacks, it remains in place, even as Israel encourages its own citizens to settle on both sides and admits tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Sports Photography Single Image | Ashley Landis

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Red Bulls LAFC Soccer

Los Angeles FC forward Latif Blessing (7) jumps over New York Red Bulls midfielder Lewis Morgan (10) to head the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Los Angeles, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Sports Photography Story | Julio Cortez

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US Open Golf

Matthew Fitzpatrick, of England, lines up a putt on the sixth hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Bryson DeChambeau hits on the 17th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Talor Gooch watches his shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Lanto Griffin hits on the eighth hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Phil Mickelson walks down the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Phil Mickelson hits out of a bunker on the 15th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Maxwell Moldovan looks for his ball on the fifth hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

A fan, bottom left, reacts after being hit by a ball from Sam Horsfield‬, of England, on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Joel Dahmen walks down the 10th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Joel Dahmen putts on the 10th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Joel Dahmen hits on the 16th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Open Golf

Matthew Fitzpatrick, of England, reacts after a putt on the 13th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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